Tarairí

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Tarairí
Basic data
Residents (state) 553 pop. (2012 census)
height 530  m
Post Code 06-0303-0103-2001
Telephone code (+591)
Coordinates 21 ° 6 ′  S , 63 ° 25 ′  W Coordinates: 21 ° 6 ′  S , 63 ° 25 ′  W
Tarairí (Bolivia)
Tarairí
Tarairí
politics
Department Tarija
province Gran Chaco Province
climate
Climate diagram Villamontes
Climate diagram Villamontes

Tarairí is a town in the Tarija department in the extreme south of Bolivia .

Location in the vicinity

Tarairí is the fourth largest town in the municipality of Villamontes in the Gran Chaco province . The village is located at an altitude of 530  m on the right, western bank of the Río Tarairí, which joins nine kilometers downstream with the Río Camatindi to the Río Ihuiraru, a left tributary of the Río Pilcomayo .

geography

Six kilometers west of the village extends the north-south running Voranden chain of Serranía Aguaragüe , which here reaches heights of more than 1500 m. Tarairí is located in the humid tropics and has a distinct dry season from June to September (see Villamontes climate diagram), the climate is semi-humid .

population

The population of the village has increased in the past decade:

year Residents source
1992 no detailed data census
2001 496 census
2012 553 census

Transport network

Tarairí is located at a distance of 272 kilometers by road east of Tarija , the capital of the department.

To get from Tarija to Villamontes , first follow the Ruta 1 trunk road , which leads from Tarija in a south-easterly direction. After eight kilometers, the Ruta 11 road branches off to the east, reaching the town of Villamontes after 243 kilometers via Junacas Sur , Entre Ríos and Palos Blancos . The Ruta 11 then continues east via Ibibobo to Cañada Oruro , the border station on the border with Paraguay .

On the northern edge of Villamontes, the Ruta 9 road branches off in the direction of the metropolis of Santa Cruz in a northerly direction and passes the town of Caigua . Four kilometers after Caigua and one kilometer before the bridge over the Río Tarairí, a country road branches off to the northwest from the Ruta 9 and after another four kilometers reaches Tarairí .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
  2. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
  3. ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012

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